Kjell Ernst Viktor Ander Explained

Kjell Ernst Viktor Ander (born 1902 - died 1992) was a Swedish entomologist.[1] Ander was admitted as Doctor of Philosophy at Lund University in 1939.[2] Ander worked as a docent at Lund University from 1937 to 1951.[1]

In 1938 Ander described the New Zealand genus Hemiandrus [3] [4] (Orthoptera; Anostostomatidae) and made considerable progress sorting the genera from Australia, Africa and America within the family Anostostomatidae.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nationalencyklopedin - Kjell Ander. Nationalencyklopedin. 26 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Ander, Kjell Ernst Viktor. Svensk uppslagsbok. 29 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111229/http://svenskuppslagsbok.se/scans/band_unknown_02/0945_0946-0097.jpg. 2 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Hemiandrus Ander, 1938 . 2024-05-29 . www.gbif.org . en.
  4. Ander . K . 1938 . Diagnosen neuer Laubheuschrecken . Opuscula Entomologica . 3 . 50-56.
  5. Johns . P. M. . 1997 . The Gondwanaland Weta: Family Anostostomatidae (Formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): Nomenclatural Problems, World Checklist, New Genera and Species . Journal of Orthoptera Research . 6 . 125–138 . 10.2307/3503546 . 1082-6467.
  6. Ander . K . 1939 . Vergleichend anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria) . Opuscula Entomologica . Supplement 2 . 1-306.